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Oct 22, 2015 · For months there has been speculation on whether Vice President Joe Biden would run for president. Today, he announced he would not seek the nomination. Here is a look at how he came to that decision.
Donald Trump won last month’s presidential election. But many liberals and progressives are still clinging to one faint, almost-certainly-doomed hope that he can be blocked from the presidency ...
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After the 2016 presidential election, some progressive Democrats tried to convince electors for Donald Trump to switch their Electoral College votes to Hillary Clinton. But a conservative commentator misleadingly claimed in a social media post that the Democrats were “calling for alternate electors” — as Trump did after losing the 2020 election.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 2.9 million votes, but lost the Electoral College to Donald Trump. Prior to the Electoral College vote, which Trump was expected to win 306-232, some progressive Democrats proposed getting Republican electors to switch their votesto Clinton or another Republican on the grounds Trump was unfit for off...
First, the Democrats were not calling for “alternate electors” in 2016 but “faithless electors”who were duly chosen to represent their states in the Electoral College. Most of those who did switch their votes broke their own states’ laws by not voting for the candidate to whom they were pledged. Those seeking to submit slates of alternative elector...
“Both issues stem from the Electoral College system, but differ in fundamental ways,” John R. Vile,a constitutional scholar and political science dean at Middle Tennessee State University, said in an email to FactCheck.org. “The issue in the 2020 election was whether state legislatures disappointed with the voting majorities in their states had the...
Cheney, Kyle. “Democratic presidential electors revolt against Trump.”Politico. 22 Nov 2016. FairVote. Faithless electors. Updated 15 Dec 2020. FairVote. Faithless Elector State Laws. Updated 7 Jul 2020. Farley, Robert. “Evidence Gaps in ‘2000 Mules.'”FactCheck.org. 10 Jun 2022. Gutman, David. “4 Washington state electors decided to not vote for Hi...
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Jun 1, 2017 · Tens of millions of registered voters did not cast a ballot in the 2016 presidential election, and the share who cited a “dislike of the candidates or campaign issues” as their main reason for not participating reached a new high of 25%, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new Census Bureau data.
Nov 12, 2020 · (AP) By Hayat Norimine November 24, 2020. Democrats didn't refuse to acknowledge Trump’s 2016 victory. If Your Time is short. • The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton,...
May 4, 2017 · The outcome of the 2016 presidential election surprised a lot of people – not least the many political pollsters and analysts covering it.
The 2016 presidential election confronts the U.S. electorate with political choices more fundamental than any since 1964 and possibly since 1932. That statement may strike some as hyperbolic,...
